Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux is back. Jean-Claude Van Damme gallantly attempts to resurrect interest in his tepid career with this action-riddled roller-coaster ride. Set in the not-too-distant future, Deveraux has been employed by the government to oversee the new UniSol project. What is UniSol? It's a military plan to turn dead soldiers into invincible fighting machines (see the first Univeral Soldier for more details). It's also the scheme that went horribly wrong when the soldiers turned psycho, killing the scientists who created them. Not deterred by this early... setback, the government replicates the project. This time they work out that they can control the soldiers through a supercomputer called SETH (kind of like HAL in 2001, but smarter). But, as we all know, machines frequently break down. Pretty soon the computer comes to the conclusion that it's superior to humans and therefore it must destroy them. Uh oh.Van Damme to the rescue. The muscles from Brussels heroically leap into action confronting the dangerous soldiers led by Bill (WCW) Goldberg and Michael Jai White (last seen in Spawn). The action is impressive and the stunts are engrossing. Goldberg is charismatic as the cartoonish villain who sneers and snouts while muttering macho things like, "I'm gonna kill that guy." Van Damme looks more at home in a production that he is not directing, and for once he lets his fists do the talking. Ironically, the movie is missing the gloss and big-budget pathos of its predecessor (created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich), making the original decidedly better. -- Jeremy Storey, Amazon.com [show more]
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Having survived the violence and turmoil of his previous existence, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has started a family and is working as a technical consultant on the Universal Soldier programme. The new generation of cyborg soldiers are overseen by the S.E.T.H. supercomputer and are even more deadly than before. Danger arises when S.E.T.H. becomes sentient and tries to negate Deveraux by kidnapping his daughter. With his family at stake, the Universal Soldier must return into action.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Prepare to become obsolete From the writer of &39;Alien Resurrection&39; and &39;Die Hard With A Vengeance&39; &39;Universal Soldier - The Return&39; continues the story of Luc Deveraux (Jean Claude Van Damme) the unstoppable hero who was the last man standing at the end of the original film Years later Luc - now devoting his life to fatherhood - is serving as a technical expert on a special Government project to revive and improve the Universal Soldier Training Programme Sophisticated intelligent and agile the new breed of soldier is under the control of SETH a supercomputer who proves to be a real danger when he develops a mind of his own Developing a plan to destroy Luc SETH kidnaps his daughter Racing against the clock to keep his family together Deveraux encounters obstacles that only he knowing how a Universal Soldier thinks and feels can overcome Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme Michael Jai White Kiana Tom Daniel Von Bargen Bill Goldberg Justin Lazard Xander Berkeley Brent Hinkley & James Black Director Mic Rogers Certificate 18 years and over Year 1999 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English ; German - Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour 19 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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